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Strategies and gamified teaching tools to reduce English learning difficulties in children with down syndrome Comparative study between digital and traditional resources in regular education environments

Abstract:

The Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja through its academic vice-rectorate, as an incentive for the improvement of the teaching activities, has raised the figure of good teaching practice, in which one or several professors plan innovative strategies Adaptable to their classrooms. In addition, the UN approved Agenda 2030 on sustainable development, whose objectives include quality education, which should also be inclusive. From this context is presented this practice of teaching innovation, which has been implemented with 35 students of the English degree in the classroom of learning difficulties, organized in 13 groups, using the methodology of Problem-Based Learning (PBL). The objective is to design and apply didactic resources in physical format (n = 13), Digital with app Jclic (n = 2) and mixed (n = 1), for the teaching of the English language (level A1) to school-age children who have Down syndrome and who are included in education contexts Regular. The intervention has been planned in four phases, including implication, information, practice and evaluation. A satisfaction survey was erected, according to which, 80% of students believe that collaborative work fosters the development of better teaching and design strategies in physical and digital didactic resources.